Vanity case



May 1, 1923. 1,453,563

$.ALBERT VANITY CASE Filed Oct. 17, 1922 If Sallausj LZQMM aff ATTORNEYSPatented Y sum, ALBERT, on NEW Y VANITY CASE.

Application filed October 17, 1922. Serial No. 595,177.

To all whomitmo concern:

'Be it known that I, SAMUEL ALBERT, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, ofwhich the following is a specifica-.

tion.

the class adapted to hold cosmetics and like toilet articles oraccessories, and it consists in the comb1nat1on, constructlons andarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a case of the characterdescribed which em} bodiesin one article means for holding a pluralityof toilet articles in separated relation in respect to one anotherand-in such manner that each of the articles held is readily accessiblefor use. I

A further object of my invention is to provide a case of the characterdescribed which comprises a plurality of slidably interengaging sectionsadapted tohold cosmetics or like toilet articles and to be opened out topermit of use of such cosmetics or toilet articles or closed intocompact Jform to protect and house the cosmetics and toilet articles andat the same time to render the case particu- 1 parent larly suitable forcarrying about in a small space, as, for instance, in a pocket of a gar-4 ment, handbag or like receptacle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide'a case ofthe whichis relatively inexpensive to ture, ornamental in appearance, oughlypractical commercially.

Other objects and adva tages .will be apfrom the following description,con: sidered in'conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which;

manufacand thorgure 1 is a perspectiveview showing a case embodying theinvention in closed contions raised,

dition.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the case with the sectionsthereof'opened out and with the lid of the uppermost of said sec- Figure3 is a. transverse section through the case, and 1 Figure 4: is aperspective view of a rest'or traly included in the device.

eferring now to the drawings, I show a practical embodiment of theinventionwhich A and B, respectively.

includes cooperative sections, indicated at The sections A and Myinvention is a case or container of character described B are'shown asbeing substantially rectangular with rounded corner portions and beingsimilar in essential respects. The section A comprises a bottom 1 havingupstanding from the outer edge thereofa marginal wall 2 shown as havingside and end portions integral with one another and with the bottom. Thesection B comprises a bottom 3 fashioned with an integral upstandingmarginal-wall, indicated at at. A lid or cover C is provided for perportion of the side wall of the section B when in downwardly. swungposition with respect to the latter.

Opposite and parallel portions of the wall 4: of the section B areformed with longitudinally extending inwardly crimped portions whichdefine ribs or beads 7-7 protruding inwardly ofthe. inner faces ofparallel side portions of the wall 4 and longitudinal grooves 8 8 in theouter faces of the said portions of the wall l.

The section A; is slightly larger in area. than the section B and an endportion of the wall 2 thereof is cut-away, as indicated at 9, to permitof the upper section .B being inserted through the cut-away portion 9 toposition the parallel portions of the wall 4: of the upper section insliding contact with 'the inner faces of parallel opposite portions thelower section A.

The parallel opposite ofthe lower section have inwardly extendingflanges 10-10- along their upper edges adapted tov slidably engage withthe grooves 8-8 in the outer faces of the wall fl; to hold the section Bagainst vertical displacement in respect to the section A, whereby thesection B will be supported upon thesection A with the bottom oft heformer spaced from the bottom of the latter so as" not to interfere withthe disposition of cosmetics or small toilet articles vwithin thesection A when the section B is in' closing relation in respect thereto.

With the organization described, the secthe section B and is. hingedlyattached at 5 to the upstanding wall 1h. being fashioned to conform incontour to the section B and having a depending marginal flange 6adapted to receive the up-.

tions A and B slidably move relatively to,

each other to superimpose the section B on the section A or to extendthe sections outwardly or laterally of each other to the positionillustrated in 2. When the sections are in superposed or foldedposition, the sec v tion B will provide a closure for the section v thelnner faces of the side walls of the re- 16 provide finger grip portionsA and'the lid C may then be swung downwardly into closing relation withthe section B and until portions of the depending marginal flange 6 restupon the inwardly turned flanges 10-10 at the upper edge of the parallelportions ofthe wall 2 or the lower section. The lid or cover C may thenbe locked to the side wall of the lower section in any suitable knownmanner, as by means of the co-operating lock elements, indicated at ,11and 12 in Figures 1 and 2 and shown as being attached relatively toportions of the wall 2 of the lower section and ot' the flange 6 of thelid 3 which will be positionedin edge-wise contiguous relation when thelid or cover C is downwardly swung to closed position. v

As will be understood from the foregoing, each of the sections A and Bconstitutes-a compartment in which various cosmetics and small toiletarticles may be placed. lln Figure 2 I show a lip-stick 13 held withinthe lower section A adjacent to one end thereof. Article-holding .orsupporting trays or racks suchj'as indicated at 14 may be removably heldwithin the sections A and B and serve as rests for supporting articlestherein. Each of the supporting trays or racks 14: preferably comprisesa flat plateor bar portion 15 having upwardly bent end portions 1616crimped or bent inwardly, at 1'717 adjacent to their juncture with theflat plate portion 15 for engagement with the inwardly protrudingv ribs7-7 of the section B or with similar inwardly extending ribs 18l8provided in opposite parallel portions of the sidewall of thelower-section A. The upwardly turned end portions l6 which may bepressed toward each other by pressure of the fingers thereon to effectrelease of the trays or racks 14 from the parallel ribs on spectivesections, it beingunderst'ood that the upwardly extending end portionsof each tray or rack will spring back into engagement with the parallelribson the opposite portions of the side wall of each section whenpressure on of the tray or rack is removed. I show the tray or rackdisposed in the lower section A as supporting rouge paint and the tray.or rack in the u per compartment as supporting powder. abviously, otherarti cles than those illustrated may be supported within the sectionsA'and B.

The lid or cover C is provided with a mirror 20 which is'secured withinthe latter by a retaining rim 21 as best seenin Fig. 3 and which is heldin position for use when the lid or cover is in upwardly swung position,as shown in Fig.2.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation such end. portions mes es held within both the sections A andB are disclosed to view in accessible positions. When desirable, theuppersection B may be slid into superimposed relation to the section'Ain the manner described to cover and protect the contents of the latterand the lid or cover C may then be swung downwardly into position toco-operate with the lower section A to completely house the uppersection B] h I While I havejshown the sections A and B and the cover Cto be substantially re'ctangu' lar in configuration with the cornerportions thereof rounded, it will be obvious that the sections and thecover and consequently the complete case may sirable configuration andmay vary considerably in form and details of construction from thoseillustrated in the drawings and described herein without departing fromthe Y spirit and scope of the invention, it being understood that Idesire to be restricted only to such constructions as fairly fallwithin" the scope ofthe appended claims.

It will be noted that my improved case as h-aveany suitable anddeconstructed comprises section A which might be c alled the main whichmight be termed the section C, which forms a lid.

I claim:

1. A case of the character described comprising two similar sections,each having a bottom and a marginal wall upstanding therefrom, one ofsaid sections being slightly larger in area than the other and havingthe marginal wall thereof cut-away to admit the second section, the saidmarginal walls of box, section B the sections having slidablyco-engaging means for holding the said second section against verticaldisplacement in respect to the first section, so that the second sectionmay be slidably relation tothe second section, or lid for the secondsection.

2. In a case of the character described, a section having an upstandingwall including opposite portions, and a removable rack comprising aplate portion made of a material possessing inherent resiliency andbeing of such length as to span the space between the opposite portionsof the wall, and upwardly extendingfinger grip portions of the plate,whereby the plate may be flexed 'to release the ends thereof fromtheopposite portions of the wall.

3. In a case of the character -descri and a cover w: a section having anupstanding wall including opposite wardly extending projections on theirconfrontifaces, and a removable rack comcover box, and

portions provided with. in-

moved to and from closing at the ends prising a plate portion made of amaterial possessing inherent resilency and being of such length as tospan the spacebetween said wall portions, said plate portion havingupstanding finger grip portions at its ends, said finger grip portionshaving depressions in their remote faces for engaging the .projectionson the confronting wall portions.

4. A vanity case consisting of two similar sections, one below theother, and slidable together whereby they may be adjusted into andout'of register, the upper section being slightly smaller than the lowersection and a inged lid carried by the upper section and having marginalflanges sufiiciently long to overlie and cover the portion of the uppersection protruding above the lower section when the sections arein'register, the marginal flan es of the hinged lid being approximate ycoequal with the height of the lower section whereby when the sectionsare fitted together they will produce the effect of a flat vanity casecomposed of two equal sections, as and for the. purposes set forth.

5. A vanity case comprising a main box, a cover box slidably connectedwith the main box and sliding in the direction of length of said mainbox into and out ofregister therewith, the main box having at one endfastening means cooperating with complementary means hereinafterspecified and a lid hinged at one end to the end of the cover boxopposite the fastening means of the main box and having at the free edgeof said lid fastening means cooperating'with those on the end of themain box, all substantially as described, whereby when the vanity caseis closed the fastening means may operate toadjacent sections can heslid from positions in which one is in closing relation to the other topositions in which they are disposed substantially in alinement witheach other, one lying in a plane slightly higher than that of the other,a lid hingedly attached to the uppermost section at the end of thelatter remote from the adjacentsection when the sections are in openosition, said lid having at its free .end a astening'element adapted toengage when the sections are in closed position with a cooperativefastening element on the section remote from the uppermost section tolock the lid and the sections in closed position.

SAMUEL ALBERT.

